englischDuring the Middle Ages the cult of saints was an essential part of religious life. As a result, the study of saints’ lives and other narrative sources is a well-established research area for medievalists. But these studies often marginalize liturgical sources and rarely take the reality of [...]

englischThe book deals with the narrative friezes depicting the two great Indian epics, Rāmāyaṇa and Mahābhārata, on the 1637 built Kṛṣṇa temple, one of the most important monuments in the Kathmandu Valley. The friezes are outstanding in many ways: they are the only comprehensive Nepalese [...]

englischThis study discusses the historical and (power-) political backgrounds as well as the legally and theologically questionable justification of the historically unique constitutional amendment with which the Pakistani parliament excommunicated Ahmadi Muslims from Islam—a decision wholly at [...]

englischThanatology as an interdisciplinary field has its roots in cultural sociology. For a long time, the sociology of the Soviet system was limited to political and economic structures. It was not until the collapse of communist rule in the 1990s that a clear view on everyday Soviet life became [...]

englischThe Catholic Church in Germany is facing great challenges. The loss of pastors, declining membership and lack of participation in church activities increase organizational insecurity and put pressure on the dioceses, while at the same time the still increasing church tax revenues stabilize [...]

englischThe Florentine poet Aldo Palazzeschi (1885–1974), still little known in Germany, was, together with Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, one of the main exponents of Italian Futurism. He stood for a non-bellicistic variety of Futurism, which mainly referred to Nietzsche’s theory of humor as a medium [...]